Screw Flighting: Custom Fabricated Auger and Conveyor Screw Flights
How CIC Specializes in Precision Screw Flighting Fabrication
At Custom Industrials Company (CIC), our custom screw flighting fabrication produces precision auger flights, conveyor screw sections, and helical flighting for agricultural, industrial processing, food handling, and bulk material conveying applications. CIC produces both standard and specialty flighting configurations including variable pitch, tapered OD, cut-and-folded, and hard-surfaced wear-resistant flighting — engineered to exact outside diameter, pitch, shaft bore, and material specifications for OEM equipment manufacturers and direct end-user applications.
What Is Screw Flighting?
Screw Flighting is a precision manufacturing process that delivers:
- Custom helical auger and conveyor screw flighting
- Standard continuous flighting and cut-and-folded configurations
- Variable pitch and tapered OD available for specialty applications
- Wide material selection for wear, corrosion, and temperature resistance
- Fabricated to exact OD, pitch, and shaft bore specifications
- Hard-surfacing and wear-resistant overlay available
- From single-flight sections to complete screw assemblie
Technical Capabilities & Specifications
Our screw flighting process delivers exceptional results:
- Flight OD range: 2″ to 60″ and larger on inquiry
- Pitch: standard (equal to OD) or custom variable pitch
- Material thickness: 10 gauge to 3/4″ plate
- Materials: mild steel, AR wear plate, stainless (304/316), chrome-moly, abrasion-resistant alloys
- Shaft bore: customer-specified with keyway if required
- Hard-surfacing overlay: Stoody, Hardalloy, and equivalent
- Configurations: continuous, cut-and-folded, sectional, paddles, and ribbon flighting
Industries Served with Screw Flighting
- Agricultural Grain and Feed Handling Equipment
- Industrial Bulk Material Conveying Systems
- Food Processing and Ingredient Handling
- Mining and Mineral Processing Equipment
- Wastewater Treatment and Biosolids Handling
- Cement, Aggregate, and Construction Material Processing
End Applications for Screw Flighting
Our screw flighting components excel in applications requiring:
- Grain augers, feed screws, and elevator flighting for agriculture
- Industrial screw conveyors for powder and bulk solids
- Food grade stainless screw flights for ingredient handling
- Mining conveyor screw flights in AR plate for abrasive materials
- Wastewater bar screen and grit screw flights
- Cement and aggregate screw conveyor sections
Screw Flighting FAQs
What screw flighting configurations can CIC fabricate?
CIC fabricates continuous helical flighting, cut-and-folded flighting, variable pitch, tapered OD, sectional bolt-together flights, paddle sections, and ribbon configurations. We also produce complete screw assemblies welded to customer shafting.
What materials are available for screw flighting?
We fabricate flighting in mild steel, stainless steel (304 and 316), AR400 and AR450 abrasion-resistant plate, chrome-moly, and other specialty alloys for high-wear, high-temperature, or corrosive environments.
Can CIC apply hard-surfacing to increase flighting wear life?
Yes. CIC applies hard-surfacing weld overlay using Stoody, Hardalloy, and equivalent materials to the OD edge of flighting for abrasive applications, significantly extending wear life and reducing replacement frequency.
What OD range can CIC produce for screw flighting?
CIC fabricates screw flighting from 2" outside diameter up to 60" outside diameter in standard configurations, with larger diameters available on special inquiry.
Can CIC match existing worn flighting for replacement?
Yes. CIC regularly fabricates replacement flighting from customer samples or worn examples, matching OD, pitch, bore size, and material to produce drop-in replacement sections or complete replacement screws.
Design Advantages of Screw Flighting
Screw Flighting opens exceptional design possibilities:
- Custom pitch and OD for optimized conveying efficiency
- Variable pitch designs for self-cleaning or load management
- Hard-surfaced OD edge extends wear life in abrasive service
- Stainless construction for food-grade and corrosive applications
- Complete screw assemblies welded to customer shaft specifications
- Cut-and-folded design for tight clearance applications
- Sectional flighting for field assembly in confined spaces
Cost Benefits of Screw Flighting
Achieve superior economics with screw flighting:
- Fabricated from standard or AR wear plate for best cost/life ratio
- Hard-surfacing reduces replacement frequency and downtime costs
- Replacement sections available without full screw replacement
- Competitive pricing from single-flight sections to full screws
- Fast delivery for maintenance and breakdown replacement
- Drop-in replacement matching from worn samples
- Single-source for flighting through complete screw assembly
Quality Assurance
Our commitment to quality ensures exceptional results:
- Dimensional inspection: OD, pitch, bore, and thickness
- Weld inspection for flighting-to-hub and hard-surfacing joints
- Material certification for alloy and stainless steel flighting
- Concentricity and runout measurement on complete assemblies
- First article inspection report
- Hard-surfacing hardness verification
- Complete quality documentation package
Experience the CIC Difference
Partner with Custom Industrials Company for your screw flighting needs and benefit from:
- Broad flighting configuration expertise from standard to specialty
- Hard-surfacing capability for maximum wear life
- Complete screw assembly supply including shaft welding
- Replacement flighting from samples with fast turnaround
- Material expertise across mild steel, stainless, and AR plate
- Competitive pricing and responsive delivery
- Engineering support for conveying efficiency optimization
Contact our technical team today at 314-567-5847, or email us at rfq@cic-cic.solutions for expert guidance on your requirements.